Portugal

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 4, 2015

Changes to the format of the Algarve Cup will allow smaller women's soccer teams like host Portugal to compete for title; Cup will now make all 12 participants eligible to win tournament, shift that follows expansion of the FIFA Women's World Cup to 24 teams from 16. MORE

Jan. 30, 2015

Portuguese government grants dual citizenship to descendants of Sephardic Jews but only if they can prove a connection to Portuguese Sephardic Jews. MORE

Jan. 18, 2015

Nov. 14, 2014

World Health Organization reports outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has killed at least five people and sickened more than 300 in Portugal. MORE

Nov. 4, 2014

Portugal court ruling that reduced compensation for middle-age widow who was unable to have normal sex life after botched surgery sparks outrage in the country; reasoning behind ruling was that sex is less important after age 50, which legal experts say is degrading for the woman and violates country's legal and constitutional guarantees that sexual orientation and age will not be barrier to justice. MORE

Aug. 5, 2014

Prosecutors are investigating possible accounting fraud at Portugal's bank Banco Espirito Santo, controlled by family of Ricardo Espirito Santo Silva Salgado; bank is being bailed out in humiliating intervention that highlights extent to which old banking cliques continue to plague Europe's weaker economies. MORE

Aug. 4, 2014

Banco Espirito Santo is to be shut down as part of 4.9 billion euro rescue plan, transferring healthy business assets to another bank; rescue will be costly for Portugese government, which will cover cost in form of loan, even though bank is nowhere near one of eurozone's largest institutions; problems at Banco Espirito Santo may signal further troubles in European banking system. MORE

Aug. 1, 2014

Portugal's central bank moves to clean up troubled lender Banco Espirito Santo, and end its family control, after bank reports stunning first-half loss of $4.8 billion; orders bank to raise more funds and announces suspension of three members of the Espirito Santo family, which has controlled bank for generations. MORE

Jul. 30, 2014

Banco Espirito Santo's investment in Angola banking may require government of Portugal to do damage control; analysts expect Banco Espirito Santo to report first-half loss that could significantly erode or even wipe out its capital cushion, requiring bank to find funds elsewhere. MORE

Jul. 25, 2014

Ricardo Espirito Santo Silva Salgado, patriarch of Portugal's most powerful family and head of its bank, is arrested in connection with major money laundering and tax evasion case; arrest is in connection with a three-year investigation centering on the activities of a Akoya, a Swiss asset manager working mostly on behalf of Portuguese clients. MORE

Jul. 19, 2014

Espirito Santo International, one of holding companies of Portugal's Espirito Santo banking family, files for creditor protection as business empire's problems spill over to Angola, where central banks says local unit of Banco Espirito Santo needs more capital to deal with bad loans. MORE

Jul. 15, 2014

Financial problems of Portugal's Espirito Santo empire, country's most powerful family, only two months after country exited its international bailout program give investors a reminder of potential fragility of recovery; problems expose convoluted corporate structure in which assets are propped up by group's bank Banco Espirito Santo. MORE

Jul. 11, 2014

Shares of Banco Espirito Santo, Portugal's second-largest bank, are suspended from trading, prompting fears that bank might need a bailout; move causes soaring stocks and bonds in Portugal to plummet, spooking investors and raising concerns over the health of Europe's banking system. MORE

Jun. 29, 2014

Portugal's low minimum wage and relatively generous unemployment benefits make tough agricultural labor a hard sell, forcing companies to import workers from as far away as Thailand; most of Europe faces the same problem as it struggles to gain economic traction and foster opportunities, especially for its younger generation. MORE

May. 13, 2014

Credit is harder to come by in some of more troubled euro zone countries such as Spain, Portugal and Greece; many small and medium-size businesses are struggling to get loans that would help them rebuild, finding interest rates are much more expensive than in thriving European Union countries; situation is hampering economic recovery. MORE

May. 6, 2014

News analysis; Portugal's move to exit its bailout gives new ammunition to austerity advocates who have called for shredding European-style social safety nets that in many countries no longer seem affordable; Portugal's trade-offs, however, are leaving its economy in fragile position. MORE

May. 5, 2014

Mar. 27, 2014

Portugal's announcement that it will sell collection of works by Catalan artist Joan Miro through auction house Christie’s in London has set off intense discussion of what kind of assets the state should be allowed to sell, and whether the nation’s cultural heritage is off limits. MORE

Mar. 19, 2014

Lisbon Journal; hazing has assumed prominent place at growing number of Portugal's private universities, often serving as way of defining school identity in absence of academic excellence; hazing-related deaths have sparked debate over value of rituals that some credit with building solidarity among students and others call violent and dangerous. MORE

Dec. 10, 2013

Computer security company FireEye reports that computer breaches at the foreign ministries of the Czech Republic, Portugal, Bulgaria, Latvia and Hungary have been traced to Chinese hackers. MORE

Nov. 29, 2013

Paradela Journal; modern intrusions and fading memories exist of the role of the Portuguese Miranda donkey, even in Paradela, in the highlands of northern Portugal; its fate mirrors that of its human counterparts in hard-pressed European hinterlands--threatened by declining population and dependent for survival on the European Union. MORE

Nov. 17, 2013

Nov. 8, 2013

Rui Moreira, businessman who won mayoral race in Porto, Portugal, running as independent, says his victory illustrates how fed-up Portuguese are with closed party system. MORE

Oct. 25, 2013

Portuguese prosecutors reopen investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann from her British parents' hotel room in 2008. MORE

Aug. 29, 2013

Portugal is clearly hitting its export stride, as rising exports are main reason country had strongest growth in second quarter among nations of European Union, with gross domestic product up 1.1 percent; balance sheets of nation’s banks could weigh on the fragile economic comeback. MORE

Jul. 12, 2013

Portuguese Pres Anibal Cavaco Silva reignites political turmoil in country by calling for new coalition government and early elections, rather than maintaining administration of Prime Min Pedro Passos Coelho, which has been strained by its differences over austerity policies. MORE

Jul. 10, 2013

Sousa Mendes Foundation is trying to bring recognition to Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Portuguese diplomat who helped thousands of people escape Nazi persecution and later died in poverty; organization manages database of those he helped and has assisted in organizing pilgrimage in his honor. MORE

Jul. 5, 2013

British police have begun their own investigation into disappearance of Madeleine McCann, 3-year-old girl who vanished in Portugal in 2007, saying they have new leads and have identified 38 potential suspects. MORE

Jul. 4, 2013

Government of Portugal's Prime Min Pedro Passos Coelho fends off collapse, for the time being, but Portugal joins other crisis-hit euro countries left badly weakened by sharp divisions over the austerity approach and angry debates over how much more pain weary citizens can take. MORE

Jun. 28, 2013

National strike against austerity measures by Portuguese labor unions shuts down many public services, but government shows no signs of backing down from practices it insists will help restore country’s financial health. MORE

Jun. 19, 2013

George Mendes, chef at Aldea in Chelsea, discusses classic Portuguese cooking and food during shopping trip to Ironbound neighborhood in Newark, area that still maintains Portuguese food culture. MORE

May. 23, 2013

German finance and labor ministers sign agreements with their counterparts in Portugal and Spain, to help curb stubbornly high youth unemployment in European Union. MORE

Apr. 26, 2013

Court ruling and continuing budgetary difficulties have left Portugal's government to reduce spending where it can, including in its educational system, already one of the weakest in Europe; many worry that cuts will threaten welfare of future generations. MORE

Apr. 15, 2013

Editorial calls on European leaders to end strict demands for austerity in countries like Spain, Portugal and Italy, noting they have resulted in economic disaster and widespread public dissent; argues countries should be allowed to issue euro zone-backed bonds and reinstate popular government programs and benefits. MORE

Apr. 13, 2013

Euro zone finance ministers agree to give Ireland and Portugal more time to repay their bailout loans after rescue for Cyprus renewed animosity toward authorities overseeing the single currency area. MORE

Apr. 9, 2013

Portugal's constitutional court strikes down around 1 billion euros of budget cuts; draws line on cuts aimed specifically at civil servants; decision calls into question how much austerity can be demanded of bailed-out European countries. MORE

Apr. 8, 2013

Portuguese Prime Min Pedro Passos Coelho warns of economic danger following court ruling that strikes down several austerity measures; decision will leave government short about 1.4 billion euros; analysts worry that turmoil could spread to other euro zone nations already jittery due to banking crisis in Cyprus. MORE

Apr. 6, 2013

Portugal’s Constitutional Court rules that some pay cuts in 2013 state budget are unlawful, denying government about $1.8 billion of predicted revenue. MORE

Mar. 24, 2013

Feb. 25, 2013

Nazare Journal; Portuguese city of Nazare is attempting to cash in on publicity it received after Garett McNamara setting world record by surfing face of estimated 100-foot breaker. MORE

Nov. 28, 2012

Discontent, protests and strikes have increased in Portugal as country sinks deeper into recession and government passes new austerity measures. MORE

Nov. 27, 2012

Government spending cuts and rising crime rates in Portugal add dangerous new burdens to country's prison system, which prisoners and guards say is already stretched beyond its limits. MORE

Nov. 13, 2012

German Chancellor Angela Merkel seeks to reassure Portugal that fiscal overhauls will be rewarded with long-term growth and stability. MORE

Oct. 15, 2012

Portuguese Prime Min Pedro Passos Coelho faces surge of public opposition for his new budget filled with steep tax increases and public sector job cuts; tens of thousands of Portuguese citizens, once known for their patient acceptance of austerity measures, begin taking to the streets to demonstrate. MORE

Jun. 8, 2012

Portugal faces budget cuts, tax increases and other austerity measures, yet citizens are maintaining a cool-headed approach and offering little protest; forbearance seems likely to be tested in the coming years. MORE

May. 27, 2012

Frank Bruni travel article on a surprising trip to Lisbon, Portugal, where he unexpectedly fell in love with the city. MORE

May. 27, 2012

Frank Bruni highlights some Innovative restaurants that heighten the pleasures of a trip to Lisbon, Portugal. MORE

Apr. 26, 2012

Scotland Yard investigators say that they believe that Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who vanished while on vacation with her parents in Portugal in 2007, may still be alive; they cite what they believe to be new evidence relating to her disappearance. MORE

Apr. 22, 2012

Frank Bruni Op-Ed column describes the pervasive sense of despair and pain among Portuguese people due to the impact of the sovereign debt crisis; asserts that it is emblematic of the uncertainty and anxiety that is being experienced all across Europe. MORE

Mar. 23, 2012

Lisbon's subway and some of Portugal’s major rail and ferry routes are shut down as workers stage a strike to protest labor law changes and austerity cuts. MORE

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